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The world according to Amanda

Amanda has some pretty interesting ideas. Yesterday evening she said that she was never going to live with anyone else when she grew up. I asked if she was going to get married. She said, "I was already married! When I was just 1 year old!" She didn't say who she was married to.

I asked if she was going to have kids. Yes, she responded. I wondered if they would live with her. What followed was very complicated, but it boiled down to the idea that I would be traveling around to lots of different places, and she and the kids would stay with me.

This morning Michael mentioned the Udvar-Hazy airplane museum. Eleanor asked what it was, and Amanda said, that's the museum that you sleep in. We were there when she was 3 years old. I think there was a moment of silence after that comment as I thought about the best way to respond to an idea so unrelated to reality...
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Danlj said…
"Michael mentioned the Udvar-Hazy airplane museum. Eleanor asked what it was, and Amanda said, that's the museum that you sleep in."

Did she not take a nap while you were visiting the museum?...
February 12, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Anonymous said…
We haven't yet gone to Udvar-Hazy. Unfortunately. And I'd be shocked if she's ever fallen asleep at a museum...
February 12, 2009 at 9:35 PM
mathmom said…
Hi Danlj and Michael---

I asked Amanda about this again. She said that in addition to sleeping in the museum, there was also a pool. I think that she is remembering a hotel we stayed at when she was very young.

It is true that sometimes I assume that the things Amanda is saying are nonsense, when in reality she is very logical, if you only try to understand what she is talking about.
February 12, 2009 at 9:52 PM
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